“Where your strengths lie, your weaknesses, your philosophy, why you want to be a head coach, why you feel you’d be a good head coach,” Roysland said.

Ellis says administrators are looking for the qualities of a strong leader.

“It may be how someone interacts one-on-one, it may be how someone interacts in a group setting. What kind of questions they ask, how they present themselves,” Ellis said. “There’s a lot of different things. Are they humble? Are they entitled?”

“Gets you comfortable with people coming at you from different angles, and having to respond quickly,” Johnson said. “And also it gets you to the point where you’re able to meet people that potentially, one day, could hire you for a position.”

Villa 7 started as a two-hour meeting of about 50 people. Now in its ninth year, it has grown to 45 men’s coaches, 30 women’s coaches and about 60 administrators.

“It’s an experience, I think, for both people,” Roysland said. “Athletic directors learn a lot about the types of people that they’d want to hire. You kind of learn, like, hey – these are the steps that you take. This is what I have to be prepared for when going for a potential real interview for a job. So there’s a lot of things you can take away from an opportunity like this.”